Just wanted to rave about Tim Tyler's workshop in (Acadia) Maine this summer. It was the first workshop/class that i've been to since college 20+ years ago, so was a little apprehensive and not sure what to expect. It was an amazing experience! and I'm seeing the results in my work, I think...not only feeling more confident about what I'm doing, but am making better decisions and able to work so much more efficiently! (Thank you Tim!)
Tim covered so much in just that one week-- we did 4 different paintings (see below)! He feels that painters ought to learn to paint as did Sargent and Bouguereau and that portrait painters paint best when they can and do paint everything well . So, he had us doing still lifes, portraits and pleine air landscapes. Tim addressed compositional and technique/texture considerations, as well as sight-sizing, and more than I probably consciously remember! Tim's teaching style was very interactive and positive/supportive... making it very easy to take in what he was trying to convey.
The week just flew by. I'm still digesting everything we learned.
If you've got a chance to get to one of Tim's workshops, you should go. It'll change your life!
Here are some shots from that class
(sorry some of them didn't come out too clearly!):
1 & 2)Tim at work and his color sketch from the model
3) my color sketch
4) my pleine air landscapes and still life from the workshop
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